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The Roald Dahl Story Company has brought together Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, The Mandalorian, Jojo Rabbit) and a host of global stars including Ryan Reynolds, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Lupita Nyong'o and Cara Delevingne to retell the beloved children's novel James and the Giant Peach in full.

Quibi today ordered critically-acclaimed sketch series 'ALTERNATINO' from series creator, writer and star Arturo Castro ('Broad City,' 'Narcos,' 'Flipped') and Comedy Central Productions.  

Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak have joined as co-hosts for the multi-hour commencement broadcast #Graduation2020: Facebook and Instagram Celebrate the Class of 2020, on May 15th at 11AM PT/2PM ET.

Renowned arts and culture nonprofit Reboot offers an insightful, humorous, and engaging take on life in quarantine with the launch of three new podcasts and three video series developed since the world has encountered the unprecedented realities of the COVID-19 global pandemic. With its network of over 600 innovators -- including Hollywood creatives, San Francisco tech pioneers, and New York journalists -- Reboot introduces a uniquely Jewish perspective to the collective dialogue in response to the Coronavirus crisis.

Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming documentary Have A Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics. The documentary launches globally on May 11, 2020 only on Netflix.

While in-person live performances are waiting in the wings, Bucks County Playhouse is presenting Playhouse Live! -- the free live-streaming variety show on Sundays at 7 p.m. This week, Sunday April 19, the Playhouse will feature its popular story-telling series, 'Word of Mouth' hosted by renowned storyteller, Michaela Murphy, and more.

'Saturday Night Seder,' the star-studded virtual Passover Seder that premiered Saturday night on YouTube via www.SaturdayNightSeder.com and Buzzfeed's Tasty YouTube, has raised more than $2,350,000 for the CDC Foundation's Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Response Fund, it was announced today.

Tony Award Winner Ali Stroker (Broadway: Oklahoma; Deaf West's Spring Awakening); Lilli Cooper (Broadway: Tootsie, Tony Nominee; Spongebob Squarepants), Teal Wicks (Broadway: The Cher Show; Finding Neverland), Ciara Renee (Broadway: Frozen; Big Fish), Eric William Morris (Broadway: King Kong), Alyse Alan Louis (Broadway: Amelie; The Public: Soft Power), Danny Gardner (Broadway: On the Town), Jennifer Blood (Broadway: Matilda; Violet), Alexis Floyd (a?oeThe Bold Typea??) have joined this week's lineup for Seniorly Presents: Curtain Up! a live show created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Watch 'Saturday Night Seder' a virtual Passover Seder to benefit COVID-19 first responders!

Bette Midler and Sarah Silverman have joined the 'Saturday Night Seder,' a virtual Passover Seder streaming on www.SaturdayNightSeder.com on Saturday, April 11 at 8 PM EST, to benefit COVID-19 first responders.

Saturday Night Seder — a Passover Seder on Saturday, April 11 (the fourth night of Passover) — will be different from all other nights, as a panoply of performers, musicians, and religious scholars come together (digitally, from their own homes) to celebrate through music and comedy, the original story of the Exodus, and raise money for COVID-19 first responders.

Broadway might be dark this month, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway today, April 7, 2020.

While in-person live performances are waiting in the wings, Bucks County Playhouse is inaugurating an online, streaming version of its popular story-telling series, 'Word of Mouth.' Held on Sundays at 7 pm - live on Bucks County Playhouse's Facebook page (TheaterBCP)

Comedians John Mulaney and Nick Kroll announced that they have created a new podcast together, Oh, Hello: The P'dcast!

Today's top stories: some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals will stream online for free, and more!

Get ready for more tuna! Comedians John Mulaney and Nick Kroll have just announced that tomorrow they will release the first episode of their new podcast, Oh, Hello: The P'dcast.

Whether you like tales of social justice, natural history, close-ups of heroes who were ahead of their time, true crime, or something that's #strangerthanfiction - our upcoming slate will give our members amazing stories they can't find anywhere else. Over 147 million households have chosen to watch at least one documentary on Netflix in the last year, and we're expecting our coming lineup to give members more to talk about with their friends.

Comedy Central today ordered 20 more episodes of Crank Yankers from Jimmy Kimmel's KIMMELOT production company, in association with ITV America.

John Mulaney describes how he got Jake Gyllenhaal to play the memorable Mr. Music in his Sack Lunch Bunch Netflix special.

Ugly Delicious is back for a second season! The critically-acclaimed Netflix Original Documentary series from James Beard Award-Winning Chef David Chang and Academy Award-Winner Morgan Neville returns on March 6th. Special guests include Nick Kroll, Aziz Ansari, Padma Lakshmi, food writers Helen Rosner and Chris Ying, Danny McBride, Bill Simmons, and Dave Choe.